Ariz. Admin. Code § 9-10-912

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section R9-10-912 - Nursing Services

An administrator shall appoint a registered nurse as the director of nursing who:

1. Is responsible for the management of the outpatient surgical center's nursing services;

2. Ensures that policies and procedures are established, documented, and implemented for nursing services provided in the outpatient surgical center;

3. Ensures that the outpatient surgical center is staffed with sufficient nursing personnel, based on the number of patients, the health care needs of the patients, and the outpatient surgical center's scope of services;

4. Participates in quality management activities;

5. Designates a registered nurse, in writing, to manage an outpatient surgical center's nursing services when the director of nursing is not present on the outpatient surgical center's premises;

6. Ensures that a nurse who is not directly assisting the surgeon is responsible for the functioning of an operating room while a surgical procedure is being performed in the operating room;

7. Ensures that a registered nurse is present in the:

a. Recovery room when a patient is present in the recovery room, and

b. Outpatient surgical center until all patients are discharged; and

8. Ensures that a nurse documents in a patient's medical record that the patient or the patient's representative has received written discharge instructions.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-10-912

Adopted effective October 20, 1982 (Supp. 82-5). Section repealed, new Section adopted effective February 17, 1995 (Supp. 95-1). Section repealed; new Section made by final rulemaking at 9 A.A.R. 338, effective March 16, 2003 (Supp. 03-1). Section repealed; new Section made by exempt rulemaking at 19 A.A.R. 2015, effective October 1, 2013 (Supp. 13-2). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 20 A.A.R. 1409, effective 7/1/2014.